I hope neither he or his mum ends up with long term problems. Very sad if this really has put her off having more - I suspect it was said light heartedly and deliberately quoted by the paper for 'colour'. Surely she'd be offered extra scans and a planned section after that?

"I think anyone with a shoulder distocia is going to have an episiotomy from here to kingdom come though"

I had a shoulder dystocia with an 11lb baby and didn't have an episiotomy. Or stitches for that matter. wizard's sleeve

I had gestational diabetes which was poorly controlled, partly as it was only picked up by chance, not from sugar in my urine (never had any). That baby looks like it's had too much sugar in the womb. DS was just like that - fat, fat, fat, and weirdly wiggy looking. (but cute too!)